{"id":1828,"date":"2016-12-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/?p=1828"},"modified":"2017-01-13T15:10:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-13T14:10:25","slug":"global-connectedness-index-updated-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/2016\/12\/22\/global-connectedness-index-updated-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Connectedness Index updated rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhl.com\/en\/about_us\/logistics_insights\/studies_research\/global_connectedness_index\/global_connectedness_index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DHL Global Connectedness Index <\/strong><\/a>for 2016\u00a0is already out. My colleague at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iese.edu\/es\/index-default.html\" target=\"_blank\">IESE Business School<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Pankaj Ghemawat<\/strong>\u00a0and his research team are responsible for the index.\u00a0The index measures how globalized countries are by analyzing the depth of the international interactions, the breadth of their geographic distribution and their directionality, outwards or inwards. We already discussed in this blog the previous report published two years ago, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/2014\/11\/19\/global-connectedness-index-of-african-countries\/\" target=\"_blank\">Global connectedness index of African countries<\/a><\/strong>. Before analyzing sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) in more detail, let\u2019s highlight some<strong> stylized facts<\/strong> about this year\u2019s ranking relative to 2014:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Netherlands\u00a0<\/strong>still <strong>ranks number 1<\/strong> with a score of 91 out of 100.<\/li>\n<li>The new <strong>least connected<\/strong>\u00a0country is <strong>Burundi<\/strong> (ranked 140 with a score of 8 out of 100)\u00a0&#8211; Syrian Arab Republic occupied this position in 2014 but it\u2019s no longer included.<\/li>\n<li><strong>USA<\/strong>: still ranks 27, with a score of 64.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Spain<\/strong>: upgrades one position and now ranks 24, with a score of 67.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table width=\"743\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>COUNTRY<\/td>\n<td>RANK 2016<\/td>\n<td>RANK 2014<\/td>\n<td>COUNTRY<\/td>\n<td>RANK 2016<\/td>\n<td>RANK 2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mauritius<\/td>\n<td><strong>41<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>46<\/td>\n<td>Botswana<\/td>\n<td><strong>117 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>126<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>South Africa<\/td>\n<td><strong>47<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>54<\/td>\n<td>Namibia<\/td>\n<td><strong>119<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>116<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>D. R. of Congo<\/td>\n<td><strong>66<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td>Benin<\/td>\n<td><strong>121 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>136<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ghana<\/td>\n<td><strong>79<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>55<\/td>\n<td>Zambia<\/td>\n<td><strong>122 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>129<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Nigeria<\/td>\n<td><strong>95<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>38<\/td>\n<td>Cameroon<\/td>\n<td><strong>127<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>115<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Angola<\/td>\n<td><strong>97 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>94<\/td>\n<td>Uganda<\/td>\n<td><strong>129<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>121<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Madagascar<\/td>\n<td><strong>98 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>103<\/td>\n<td>Zimbabwe<\/td>\n<td><strong>130<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>122<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Gambia<\/td>\n<td><strong>101 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>110<\/td>\n<td>Niger<\/td>\n<td><strong>131 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>132<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Senegal<\/td>\n<td><strong>103<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>112<\/td>\n<td>Burkina Faso<\/td>\n<td><strong>135<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>128<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kenya<\/td>\n<td><strong>105 <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>106<\/td>\n<td>Rwanda<\/td>\n<td><strong>136<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>133<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ethiopia<\/td>\n<td><strong>106<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>85<\/td>\n<td>Mali<\/td>\n<td><strong>138<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>117<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ivory Coast<\/td>\n<td><strong>109<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>78<\/td>\n<td>Burundi<\/td>\n<td><strong>140<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>137<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mozambique<\/td>\n<td><strong>113<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>98<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Source: DHL Global Connectedness Index<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Africa is still the least connected continent<\/strong> in the world, and the SSA region has gone down overall: 15 countries fell in the ranking while only 10 advanced. In the last report there were 9 sub-Saharan countries among the Top-100 (10 if we include Gabon that is no longer considered for the 2016 rankings) and now there are only 7.<\/p>\n<p>The case of <strong>Nigeria<\/strong> is of particular interest. It <strong>fell from the 38<sup>th<\/sup> position to the 95<sup>th<\/sup> in only two years<\/strong>. This was driven primarily by the <strong>merchandising trade<\/strong> category: <strong>exports fell<\/strong> from 35% of GDP to only 10%, and <strong>imports<\/strong> from 20% to 10%. <strong>Slumping oil prices<\/strong> presumably played a role in shifting both the composition and the geographic distribution of Nigeria\u2019s merchandise exports.<\/p>\n<p>Other countries that fell notably in the rankings are:<strong> Democratic Republic of Congo<\/strong>, <strong>Ghana<\/strong>, <strong>Ethiopia<\/strong>, <strong>Ivory<\/strong> <strong>Coast<\/strong>, <strong>Mozambique<\/strong> and <strong>Mali<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1834\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1834\" style=\"width: 715px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2016\/12\/DHL.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1834\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2016\/12\/DHL-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"DHL Merchandise Trade\" width=\"715\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2016\/12\/DHL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2016\/12\/DHL-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/files\/2016\/12\/DHL.jpg 744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1834\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Merchandise trade is one of the dimensions of the DHL Global Connectedness Index.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On the other hand, the following countries advanced in the overall rankings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mauritius<\/strong> has replaced Nigeria in <strong>leading the group of SSA countries<\/strong>. This advance comes especially from the depth dimension and particularly from the <strong>capital market<\/strong>, experiencing an important increase in the <strong>portfolio equity exports<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>South Africa<\/strong> is now ranked among the Top-50 due to better <strong>information<\/strong> figures. The category <strong>internet bandwidth<\/strong>, measured with bits per second per internet users went up from 3,720 to 147,630. <strong>International phone calls<\/strong> received in the country also increased remarkably.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Benin<\/strong> advanced 15 positions because of the improvements in the trade category. <strong>Merchandise trade exports<\/strong> went up from 14% of GDP to 24%, and <strong>merchandise trade imports<\/strong> rose from 26% to 36%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Any thoughts on these ranks or scores?<\/p>\n<p><em>Nadim Elayan, Research Assistant at IESE Business School, collaborated in this article.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>__________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p>RELATED POSTS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/2016\/04\/06\/agenda-2063-ii-connecting-africa-through-high-speed-trains\/\">Agenda 2063 (II): Connecting Africa through high-speed trains<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/2016\/03\/16\/boosting-business-in-africa-needs-more-visa-openness\/\">Boosting Business in Africa Needs More Visa Openness<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/2015\/07\/01\/the-african-economic-community\/\">The African Economic Community<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/2014\/11\/19\/global-connectedness-index-of-african-countries\/\">Global connectedness index of African countries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The DHL Global Connectedness Index for 2016\u00a0is already out. My colleague at IESE Business School\u00a0Pankaj Ghemawat\u00a0and his research team are responsible for the index.\u00a0The index measures how globalized countries are by analyzing the depth of the international interactions, the breadth of their geographic distribution and their directionality, outwards or inwards. We already discussed in this [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1654,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[99579,492,77626],"tags":[100532,100485,100531,85364,100533,1080,24387],"class_list":["post-1828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-african-economic-and-institutional-context","category-development","category-entrepreneurship-in-africa","tag-connectedness-rankings","tag-dhl","tag-global-connectedness","tag-mauritius","tag-merchandise-trade","tag-nigeria","tag-south-africa","megacategoria-mc-africa"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1654"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1828"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1840,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1828\/revisions\/1840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.iese.edu\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}